Official Site of Man U · Mar 22, 2024
Old Trafford's best games: Roma (2007)
The third instalment in our series of Old Trafford's greatest matches is the rampant Reds' 7-1 rout of Roma in the 2007 Champions League tie.
United 7 Roma 1
Date: 10 April 2007
Competition: Champions League quarter-final, second leg
Pre-match context: A year on from an ignominious Champions League group-stage exit, a burgeoning young United advanced to the 2006/07 knockout rounds but were fronted with competition dark horses Roma in the last eight. Drawn away first, the Reds suffered a 2-1 defeat in a tetchy encounter, during which Paul Scholes was red-carded. Wayne Rooney’s fine away goal fostered hope, however, for the Old Trafford return.